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Home My WebLink AboutStow-It Storage Facility AZ RECEIVED ÞJ'3 0 ~ 200~ City OfMerjdian City Clerk Office STAFF SUMMARY OF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL Project Name: Stow-it Self Storage Case No(s).: AZ-04-013, CUP-04-017 Applicant: Lyons Development, LLC. P&Z Commission Hearing Date: July 15, 2004 Recommendation: Approval. Summary of Public Hearing: . At the July 15, 2004 hearing, testimony was provided by the following people: Stafftestified on the proposed applications. Becky McKay, a representative of the applicant, testified in favor of the subject applications. Jackie Reinhart, an adjacent property owner, testified about concerns regarding the landscaping adjacent to her property and Overland Road access. Shane Hodgekiss testified about concerns regarding sewer service in this area, access to Overland Road and landscaping. Garrett Harwell, a nearby property owner, testified about the submitted elevations along Stoddard Road. . The Commission discussion focused on sewer serviceability, access points to Overland Road, the Idaho Power Company easement to the west and landscaping within that easement, amenities, and elevations and overall design of the site. Key Commission Changes to Staff Recommendation: . The Commission made five (5) modifications to the CUP conditions included in the staff report. Some of the key modifications made by the Commission included: requiring a 25- foot wide landscape buffer to the west and coordinating materials to be used with the adjacent property owner, approving the amenities presented by the applicant at the public hearing, and limiting the hours of operation within the development to be from 7 a.m. to 10p.m. Outstanding Issues for City Council: . The applicant is not proposing to tile the Hardin Drain. A waiver of the standard requirement to tile irrigation ditches, laterals and canals must be granted by the City Council or the applicant will be required to tile the Hardin Drain (see Site Specific Condition #7 on Page 15). . Public Works staff and the Commission are recommending that the applicant be aUowed to use a temporary septic system for the storage unit office/apartment because sewer service to this site is currently unavailable. Once the sewer is within 300 feet of the property this temporary arrangement for septic shaD be abandoned, and connection made to City sewer (see Site Specific Condition #10 on Page 15). NOTE: The applicant has submitted copies of a revised site plan and landscape plan depicting changes requested by the Commission regarding landscaping and amenities. Staff is supportive of the revised plans (Site Plan prepared by Moore Design Associates, Sheet 1, dated 7-30-04; Landscape Plan prepared by Moore Design Associates, Sheet L-l, dated 7- 30-04). Detailed approval of the landscape materials and location of materials along the west property line wiD be further evaluated by staff at the Certificate of Zoning Compliance (CZC) stage of development. BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION Case No. AZ-04-013 IN THE MATTER OF THE REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION & ZONING OF 13.5 ACRES TO CoG FOR STOW-IT SELF STORAGE RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL LYONS DEVELOPMENT, LLC, Applicant 1. The property is approximately 13.5 acres in size and is located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Overland Road and Stoddard Road, within Section 24, Township 3 North, Range 1 West. 2. Idaho Power Company is the current property owner, and David L. Hogg, has provided notarized consent for the subject application. 3. The Applicant is Lyons Development, LLC. 4. The subject property is currently zoned RUT (Ada County) and is vacant. 5. The Applicant requests the property be zoned CoG. 6. The property which is the subject of this application is within the Area ofImpact of the City of Meridian. 7. The entire parcel of the property is included within the Meridian Urban Service Planning Area as defined in the 2002 Meridian Comprehensive Plan. 8. The Applicant proposes to develop the subject property in the following manner: A storage unit complex with commercial/office uses and a caretaker's apartment. 9. The Applicant requests zoning of the subject real property to CoG (General Retail and Service Commercial) which is consistent with the Meridian Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map, which designates the subject property as Mixed Use- Neighborhood. 10. There are no significant or scenic features of major importance that affect the consideration of this application. RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OF ANNEXATION AND ZONING OF 13.5 ACRES TO CoG BY LYONS DEVELOPMENT, LLC. - AZ-O4-013- Page I 11. The Planning and Zoning Commission recognizes the concerns of Jackie Reinhart, Shane Hodgekiss, Garrett Harwell, and Becky McKay, expressed at the hearing on July 15, 2004. RECOMMENDATION The Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission hereby recommends to the City Council of the City of Meridian that they approve the requested Annexation and Zoning as requested by the Applicant for the property described in the application, subject to the following: A. Adopt the Conditions and Recommendations of the Meridian Planning & Zoning and Public Works Departments as follows: ANNEXATION AND ZONING CONDITIONS 1. The legal description submitted with the application appears to meet the requirements of the City of Meridian and State Tax Commission and places the parcel contiguous to existing city limits. 2. Prior to the annexation ordinance approval, the owner shall be required to enter into a Development Agreement (DA) with the City as a condition of annexation. The DA shall require that: . Uses shall be restricted to those depicted on the accompanying Conditional Use Permit (CUP) Site Plan. . Non-development of the 2.5 acres shown as Future Development (OfficelRetail) on the accompanying CUP Site Plan, until City sewer is available to the subject property in compliance with the City's facility plans. . The arrangement for a septic system connection for the proposed apartment/caretakers unit and commercial/office for the storage units is temporary and shall be abandoned, and connection made to City sewer, once the sewer is within 300 feet of the subject property. The applicant shall coordinate the design and location of "dry line" sewer line(s) to be installed to facilitate the future connection to City sewer. . All future uses within the 2.5 acres shown as Future Development on the accompanying CUP Site Plan shall be required to obtain detailed conditional use permit approval. RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OF ANNEXATION AND ZONING OF 13.5 ACRES TO CoG BY LYONS DEVELOPMENT, LLC. - AZ-O4-013- Page 2 3. Any existing domestic wells will have to be removed from their domestic service per City Ordinance Section 9-1-4 and 9-4-8. All septic system(s) will have to be removed from their domestic service per City Ordinance Section 9-1-4 and 9-4-8, when service becomes available to this site. Wells may be used for non-domestic purposes such as landscape irrigation. 4. All irrigation ditches, laterals or canals, exclusive of natural waterways, intersecting, crossing or lying adjacent and contiguous to the parcel shall be tiled per City Ordinance 12-4-13. Plans will need to be approved by the appropriate irrigation/drainage district, or lateral users association (ditch owners), with written approval or non-approval submitted to the Public Works Department. Iflateral users association approval can't be obtained, plans will be reviewed and approved by the Meridian City Engineer prior to final plat signature. 5. Any future subdivision, uses and construction on this property shall comply with the City of Meridian ordinances in effect at the time. RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OF ANNEXATION AND ZONING OF 13.5 ACRES TO CoG BY LYONS DEVELOPMENT, LLC. - AZ-O4-013- Page 3